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      Guest
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      @zax123

      pfSense box 1
      pfSense box 2

      Both will do what you want and need, for ~$299 or ~$310 it will be perhaps in the same price range
      as you search but much better then the bigger once compared to the power consumption!

      • 8 GB RAM
      • mSATA

      Will be rocking for a long time together with pfSense for sure.

      • Snort
      • SARG
      • ClamAV
      • pfBlocker-ng
      • Squid & SquidGuard

      You will be able to built a real UTM device with this.

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        zax123
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        @BlueKobold,

        Thank you for this recommendation.  You mention + 8GB of memory, so pfSense would need 8GB of memory on these Celeron boxes, and I will get an mSATA or SATA SSD.  I assume 128GB is big enough.

        I am going to wait till Black Friday to see if either of these go on special and grab one the cheapest possible.

        Thanks again for the info!

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          zax123
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          Oh by the way, my 1gigabit WAN comes in via PPPoE.  Are both of these Jetway boxes capable of handling that along with everything else?

          Thanks!

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            Guest
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            You mention + 8GB of memory, so pfSense would need 8GB of memory on these Celeron boxes

            You might be also lucky with 2 GB or 4 GB of RAM, pending on the installed packets and running services.

            and I will get an mSATA or SATA SSD.  I assume 128GB is big enough.

            For sure it will be really a big one for that.

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              nikkon
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              Not sure you can process 1gb via PPPoE because issue #4821 is still not solved.

              pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

              Happy PfSense user :)

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                Guest
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                Not sure you can process 1gb via PPPoE because issue #4821 is still not solved.

                This is quite right, but on the other side you don´t be able to compare each CPU against another
                CPU core because this CPUs are not identically for sure.

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                  nikkon
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                  True!

                  pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                  Happy PfSense user :)

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                    nikkon
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                    Hi all,

                    Mobo in the house!!! finally.
                    Still need to wait for the ECC ram (just seen that non-ecc is no longer supported on C2758)
                    will be back with performance review and maybe new unexpected issues  :P

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                    pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                    Happy PfSense user :)

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                      Guest
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                      @nikkon
                      What is the vendor and name of the mini ITX-case?

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                        nikkon
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                        supermicro
                        http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SRi-2758F.cfm

                        pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                        Happy PfSense user :)

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                          nikkon
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                          the board is superb…works and feels damn powerful :)
                          Tons of CPU settings that i never thought they exist  :P

                          pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                          Happy PfSense user :)

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